What is My Finger Licking Good Scale?
Well, my Finger Licking Good Scale (FLGS) is an average of how much I think, or how much I know my Babies/Big-Kids/Husband (like there is any difference) enjoyed a particular food I've served them. It's a basic 1-10 scale, of how many fingers a person is willing to lick after eating something really, really good. With a special footnote in the book I'm writing/compiling for a recipe any taste tester felt worthy of an '8 FLGS' or higher.
FLGS is inspired by a disgusting little gene that Girl1 inherited - the impulse to lick your fingers after you eat something - especially something you really enjoyed. And I know you are thinking that there really isn't a genetic link to a person's inclination for finger licking, but I can tell you with absolute certainty that there is. Girl1 is proof of it - along with all her fraternal family relations. If finger licking totally grosses you out, don't invite Girl1 to a great meal and certainly don't attend any family function on that side of her family.
And let me state for the record that "Yes" I am all for manners; especially when you are not in the privacy of your own home. But genes are genes, and some times things are just not your fault. You can't pick your parents.
Let me know if you would like to see a few 'teaser recipes' added to the blog by adding a comment below. And don't ask for details about my book - it's Top Secret. In fact, Mike didn't even know about it until he read this post. No estimated completion date, hopefully before I die because I can't wait to be on Oprah's Book Club List and meet her face to face.
Girl4 demonstrates a "9" on the FLGS (second half of score shown above).
1 comment:
Seems as if no. 3's inherited the gene as well as I...now how did that happen? LOL.
Anyway. It's a complement to your skills and saves money on paper towels / napkins / laundry detergent in the long run. Let's do the math:
Say I use a Bounty paper towel twice a day to clean my fingers, and a roll of Bounty has 120 sheets.
I use 730 sheets a year, about 6 rolls a year.
Now say those rolls cost two dollars, and the price is fixed. That's over 12 dollars a year.
Over 1200 dollars if I live to be a hundred.
And that's not even considering any significant other or children I might have to live with and take care of, paper-towel wise.
Seems silly to me. I hope you're laughing with me. I can't believe I just did all that math.
Oh, and you forgot the bowl - licking thing I do, too ... although that has no money - saving intent because you still have to wash it. That's just a disgusting habit.
Yes, I admit it.
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